A much smaller monthly bill.
I changed how parts of a learning platform run, bringing their monthly costs down.
Before
After
~90% less
Running costs for the systems I migrated at Open Study College.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER Real problems.
Real problems.
Thoughtfully solved.
I build products and make frustrating systems better. I like small teams, fast delivery, and people who care about what they’re making.
Get in touchIf you catch me working at a bank or big corporate, just know I’m getting paid really really well 😂
Usually wondering if there’s a better way.
01 / WHAT CHANGED
Better in ways you can feel.
Less waiting. Less money spent keeping things running. Less time between an improvement and someone getting to use it.
From a pause to almost instant.
A three-second wait became a response that feels immediate.
Before3 seconds
AfterUnder 0.05 seconds
Slowed 20× · same relative speed
Improvements reach people sooner.
I shortened the process of releasing software updates, so getting a change out no longer took most of an afternoon.
Now we frequently go from a bug being reported to a fix being live in under 15 minutes.
6 hours → under 2 minutes Time to release an update
02 / WORKING TOGETHER
More recommendations What it’s like to work with me.
These recommendations are from when I was a junior engineer with less than two years of experience.
“I really felt like I could assign him any task and forget about it and that it will be completed.”
“His contributions were on par with the much more experienced members of his team.”
“Moosa has a collaborative spirit, clear communication and ability to work seamlessly within a diverse team. It's a joy to work with him.”
03 / WHERE I STAND
I like caring a lot.
I like caring a lot.
I like working with people who do, too.
About the engineering, the design, and the product as a whole. These are the kinds of teams and ways of working I’m drawn to.
Real problems, actually solved.
I want to understand what’s getting in someone’s way, then build something that makes a useful difference.
Process becoming the point.
Red tape that makes it harder to do good work. Activity and paperwork taking the place of a better product.
Try it. Learn. Improve it.
I like moving quickly, testing an idea with a small experiment, and using what we learn to decide what happens next.
A committee for every experiment.
Long approval chains and drawn-out testing cycles before a small idea gets a chance to prove itself.
Small teams. Close to the work.
I prefer working directly with a small group of capable people who can make decisions and get things moving.
Layers of hand-offs.
Huge teams where a simple change needs to pass through too many people before anyone can act on it.
People who give a damn.
Engineers, designers, product people. I like working with people who take pride in their craft and want the result to be good.
Indifference to the outcome.
Going through the motions. Checking off requirements on a ticket. Being lazy and doing the bare minimum required without ever being proactive and making sure their task solves the user’s problem.
04 / SELECTED WORK
All case studies The work behind the words.
Open Study College Senior software engineer
Less friction for learners.
More room for the team to move.
Improving an existing learning platform, from the time people spend waiting to the work it takes to release the next change.
Faster experienceLower running costsEasier releases
Read the story Wedwi Independently designed and built
A wedding guestbook.
With the voices kept in.
Audio and video messages recorded right in the browser. I built the whole experience, including everything needed to turn recordings into something worth keeping.
Product designBrowser recordingLive progress
Take a look inside Vertrical
Learning unfamiliar domains and building products across healthcare, pharmaceutical, and ecommerce teams.
Read more 06 / NOTES ALONG THE WAY
All writing Thinking out loud.
A little more about me
Curiosity, custom keyboards, and a few favourite fictional worlds.
Using AI as my junior engineer
What working with coding agents taught me about planning, reviewing, and owning the result.
Something worth building?
Have a problem, or an idea you want to try? Send me an email.